Bookcase.



P. PASZNICKI.

BOOKCASE.

APPLICATION msn MAY 10. 191g.

I1 ,286,079. Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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PIOTR PASZNICKI, OF WEST TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BOOKCASE.

Application filed May 10, 1918.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PIOTR PAszNIcKI, a citizen of Poland, residing atWest Toronto, Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Book-Cases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in furniture and particularly tobook-cases with which are combined conveniences for correspondence.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an attractive andconvenient article of furniture of the type described.

A further object is the provision of a bookcase in which arecommodiously arranged, a plate which may be extended and used as awriting desk, provisions being made for containing the usual materialrequired.

A still further object is to provide feet or supports secured in ahingedly engaged manner so that the same may be upturned, reducing theheight of the writing plate at any desired time.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in whichFigure 1 is a front elevational view showing a book-case made inaccordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same. v

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, similar to Fig. 3 but showingthe parts in a different position, and

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the bookcase.

The bookcase is made in two sections, the lower section 10 havingresting upon it the upper section 11, to which is secured an ornamentalvertical plate 12. Engaged by hinges 14, at the lower side of the bottomsection 10, are supports 15, formed with rounded terminals 16, acting inthe manner of casters whereby the book-oase may be moved from place toplace as desired.

Interiorly of the sections 10 and 11 are secured horizontal shelves 18upon which books may rest. Engaged at the front of the sections by meansof hinges 20, are folding doors 21 which may have ornamental panels 22,and which are provided with extending Specification of Letters Patent.

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knobs or pulls 23, and also with locks indicated by the escutcheons 24.

In the upper compartment of the lower section 10 is arranged ahorizontal sliding plate 25, having a knob 2G secured to its outer edgewhich is flanged or upturned as at 27, the upturned edge acting as astop preventing; the drawer 2S from being withdrawn prior to thewithdrawal of the plate 25, which may be used as a writing surface.

Attached to the front 29 of the drawer is a knob 30, while the rear 32of the drawer is beveled corresponding to the angular outer surface 33of a compartment 34k, containing diagonal partitions 35, between whichmay be placed paper, envelope and the like, the compartment 34; beingslidably arranged within the compartment 37, normally occupied by thedrawer, and `is movable upon rails 38, arranged adjacent to the sides ofthe compartment, so that when the drawer is eX- tended, the compartmentmay be moved forward, permitting ready access to the material containedtherein.

Above the compartment 34C is one or more sliding bolts 40 the sameoperating in the guides 41 so as to engage the upper section 11 in fixedrelation with the lower or base section 10.

In operation, the writing plate 25 must iirst be withdrawn, thereuponthe drawer 28 may be moved outwardly, and if desired, entirely removed,thereby permitting the entrance of the hand of an operator to drawforward the compartment 34: so as to be conveniently used by a personusing the plate 25 as a writing surface.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a book-case, the combination with a hollow vertical structureformed in sections each having hori'zontal partitions, folding doorsengaged at their outer edges adapted to cover said sections, a slidingplate arranged in the upper portion of the lower section, a drawermovable thereon, and means formed with said plate for preventing theremoval of said drawer prior to withdrawing said plate.

2. In a sectional book-case, the combination with an upper and lowersection, supports upon which said lower sections are mounted, anornamental front plate arranged on the top of the said upper section,and a plate slflably engaged in the upper compartment of said lowersection, of means for operating` said plate, a drawer having an inclinedrear surface, slidable on said plate, means formed on said plate forpreventing the withdrawal of said drawer prior to withdrawal of saidplate, a pair of rods in said section, closely adjacent to the sidewalls thereof, an element slidaloly engaged on said rods, said elementhaving an outer surface in conformity with the rear surface l0 of saiddrawer, and a plurality of compartments formed in said slidable element.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

PIOTR PASZNICKI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. C.

